(STATS) - The release of six sets of rankings for the College Football Playoff in 2019 again demonstrates the public's interest in the impending postseason.

In the lower half of Division I, will the selection committee for the FCS playoffs get the hint?

Three years ago, the FCS began to release pre-playoff rankings to help build excitement and discussion prior to the announcement of the 24-team playoff field. Yet the rankings decreased from three sets of Top 10s in 2016 to two in 2017 to just one last year.